A new life-cycle analysis reveals that bio-based plastics are better for the climate but worse for biodiversity. The greenest ...

A new study shows agrivoltaics can cut maize yields in humid regions but boost soybean production in drier climates.

Concerns about EV performance in extreme heat waves might be a thing of the past, thanks to improvements in battery ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Sticking to tried-and-true terms is often the best strategy for climate communication, according to a new survey conducted in the United States. The findings ...

Recycling is one of the easiest things consumers can do to tread lighter on the environment. But much depends on the material being recycled. A new modeling study shows that greenhouse gas emissions ...

Farming less land more intensively is a better solution for biodiversity than trying to integrate farmland with nature. This is the key finding from a recent study that homes in on a longstanding ...

A new experiment shows biochar survives cow digestion largely intact, potentially turning cattle into a vehicle for spreading ...

A team of UK researchers has developed an algorithm that ranks the environmental impact of 57,000 food products, creating one of the most comprehensive footprint libraries that currently exists. This ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Switching from natural gas to electric cooking and heating could cut the carbon footprint of Munich’s Oktoberfest festival by 87%, according to a new study.

As airlines test new routes and researchers refine models, contrails are shifting from an afterthought of flight to a potential tool for cutting the carbon footprint of aviation.

Researchers have given tons of waste coffee grounds a “double shot” at life, by infusing it into concrete—where it not only increases material strength by 30%, but also could be a significantly more ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Around one-third of the food produced around the world today is wasted. That includes everything from produce that rots in trucks during transit to meat that ...